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Cuento de Luz Receives B Corporation® CertificationMADRID, November 16, 2015 – The Spanish publisher children picture books Cuento de Luz (www.cuentodeluz.com) has become a Certified B Corporation®. The prestigious certification is awarded to companies which use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems and meet higher standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

Leading a global movement to redefine success in business, Certified B Corporations® are a new kind of company with a positive vision of a better way to do business. Unlike traditional corporations, Certified B Corporations make a public, legally enshrined commitment to considering the impact of their decisions on their collaborators, suppliers, community, consumers, and environment.

Cuento de Luz is only the second publisher in the world, and the first publisher in Europe, to achieve this certification. Cuento de Luz recevied a score of 129 out of a possible 200 points on the B Impact assessment, 60% higher than the required threshold of for certification.

Social engagement is a fundamental part of the Cuento de Luz DNA. With a strong emphasis on promoting universal values such as respecting differences, promoting peace, respecting the environment, Cuento de Luz has supported a number of small non-profit organizations. In some cases a title has been translated to the local language (e.g. Swahili, Dari) where these organizations are operating, and Cuento de Luz has donated a printed version to be distributed in those countries. Almost all titles aim to contribute in disseminating values that help to make the world a better place.

“We are very proud of becoming part of the B Corp movement,” said Ana Eulate, Founder and CEO of Cuento de Luz. “We have since the beginning of Cuento de Luz in 2010 worked with very much the same ethos and objectives as defined for Certified B Corps.”

About Cuento de Luz

Cuento de Luz, which means “Tale of Light” in Spanish, publishes children picture books with stories that enlighten our lives to bring out the child we all carry inside. Stories that take the imagination on a journey and help care for our planet, respect differences, eliminate borders and promote peace. All titles are available in an English and also a Spanish version, in print as well as eBooks. Cuento de Luz main market is the United States, second Spain and third Latin America.

About B Corp

Certified B Corporations meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include consideration of stakeholder interests, and build collective voice through the power of the unifying B Corporation brand. As of June 2014, there are more than 1,000 Certified B Corporations from over 60 industries and 34 countries, representing a diverse multi-billion dollar marketplace.

About B Lab

B Lab is a nonprofit organization that serves a global movement to redefine success in business so that all companies compete not only to be the best in the world, but the best for the world. B Lab drives this systemic change through a number of interrelated initiative: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between “good companies” and good marketing; 2) passing legislation to accelerate growth of social entrepreneurship and impact investing (24 states have already passed benefit corporation legislation); 3) developing B Analytics, a customizable platform for measuring, benchmarking, and reporting on impact 4) providing free, powerful tools for businesses to measure, compare and improve their social and environmental performance (more than 15,000 businesses use B Lab’s free B Impact Assessment). For more information, visit www.bcorporation.net, www.b-analytics.net and www.benefitcorp.net.